Thank You : ) On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 2:07 PM, List Administration <etm1935@yahoo.com>wrote: > Sure, run with it. > > Elaine > > I hold it true that thoughts are things endowed > with bodies, breath, and wings. --Ella Wheeler > Wilcox > > Hello M > > On Thursday, November 17, 2011, you wrote > > > I know who I'd invite, as soon as Elaine gives us the nod :) What a > > great thread, Marilyn! Thnx :) > > > melissa in nv > > > On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 7:26 AM, marilyn E B > > <marilyneb@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Maybe Elaine will put us on open status soon but I am posting this in > time > >> to give all time to think about who each would invite to Thanksgiving > >> Dinner from their family's past. > > > > ******************** > > Gen-Newbie's website: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GEN-NEWBIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- "If you don't get outside every day, even for a minute, you have not appreciated what God has done. It makes you grateful for our surroundings, and it starts your day differently." Johnny Cash

I am guessing alot of people would invite their 'biggest' brick walls. Well, that's me. Over the past ten years I mostly thought I would want to invite my mother, but when the day would be over, I would miss her even more. Honestly, my heart is in such pain from missing her, I don't know if I could bear it. Unless a daily visit could be arranged, I think I'll take the easy way out. My major brick wall. Samuel R. Springer's father is identified in a guardianship paper. His name is Benjamin. He died in 1803. This is one time that 'TMI' doesn't apply. I want ALL the information! We have no idea who this 'Benjamin Springer' is, other than he died in 1803, leaving a 14 year old son. Who is his wife? Where was he born? Who are his parents? Who were THEIR parents... I want to know all about this man. What happened to his wife? How did he die? Did he name his son Samuel after Samuel R. Springer who married Amy Smith? Is Amy related to Hannah Smith, who's granddaughter married Benjamin's grandson, Joseph? And Joseph's son, Francis... Francis' mother in law is Lydia Springer. Did Benjamin know her father, Thomas Springer? How are Thomas and Benjamin related? Did he know the Dennis Springer who's father was also named Benjamin, but died some years after 'my' Benjamin? What 'family stories' does he have to tell? And what can I cook for Thanksgiving dinner that will make him want to stay and linger over dessert, talking and talking for hours about his life. I'm lucky in that I have Y DNA for this line, unlucky in that I have no idea how my Benjamin ties in with the rest of the SPRINGERs who 'match' that Y DNA. melissa in nv